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'Mrs Green and Child' (Mary Green; Rupert Green)

4 of 4 portraits of Rupert Green

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'Mrs Green and Child' (Mary Green; Rupert Green)

by Valentine Green, published by Robert Sayer, after Pierre-Étienne Falconet
mezzotint, published 1 July 1771
Reference Collection
NPG D2486

Sittersback to top

  • Mary Green (died 1789), First wife of Valentine Green. Sitter in 4 portraits.
  • Rupert Green (1767 or 1768-1804), Publisher; son of Valentine and Mary Green. Sitter in 4 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • Pierre-Étienne Falconet (1741-1791), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 34 portraits.
  • Valentine Green (1739-1813), Mezzotint engraver. Artist or producer associated with 150 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
  • Robert Sayer (1724 or 1725-1794), Printseller and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 198 portraits.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D34903: 'Mrs Green and Child' (Rupert Green; Mary Green) (based on same portrait)
  • NPG D34904: 'Mrs Green and Child' (Rupert Green; Mary Green) (based on same portrait)
  • NPG D34905: 'Mrs Green and Child' (Rupert Green; Mary Green) (based on same portrait)

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Subjects & Themesback to top

Events of 1771back to top

Current affairs

Artist Benjamin West exhibits his celebrated modern history painting The Death of Wolfe at the Royal Academy, commemorating the death of General James Wolfe at the 1759 Battle of Quebec during the Seven Years' War. The painting creates a sensation and George III commissions a copy.
Reporting of parliamentary debates is permitted.

Art and science

Richard Arkwright begins to develop cotton mills at Cromford in the Derwent Valley, Derbyshire; one of the earliest factory complexes.
Botanist James Robertson makes the first recorded ascent of Ben Nevis.
Encyclopedia Britannica is completed with 2,931 pages.
First recorded cricket match is played in Horsham, West Sussex.

International

First voyage of James Cook ends. HMS Endeavour anchors in the port of Deal, Kent following its three-year global circumnavigation.
Spain cedes the Falkland Islands to Britain.

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